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NEW NORMAL GOSSIP MERCH!

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<p>Stephen Lurie is a writer and facilitator in Brooklyn, NY.</p>


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Stephen Lurie

A box of essentials - body glide, water, bagel, banana, Advil, and Accel Gel. The 116th Boston Marathon starts in Hopkinton in Hopkinton, Mass. on Monday, April 16, 2012.

116th Running Of The Boston Marathon: Pre-race

The Great Outdoors

The Sublime Clarity Of Goo

<p>Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


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Drew Magary

A General view showing a shoe store on August 7, 2022 in Hong Kong, China. Hong Kong residents received Phase 2 of the Consumer Voucher Scheme.

Hong Kong Consumer Voucher Scheme

Elder Wisdom

These Dad Shoes Are Made For Workin’

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Ray Ratto

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 02: The shadow of a cemetery worker is cast on reclaimed gravestones in London City Cemetery on March 2, 2009 in London, England. The cemetery is piloting a scheme whereby graves over 75 years old become eligible for reclamation. New interments will be placed into the existing graves, the headstones will be turned around and re-used, carving the names of the newly deceased. Once a grave has been earmarked by English heritage the cemetery must wait one year to see if family members claim the existing grave. By conserving as many memorials as possible the City of London hopes to maintain the historic cemetery landscape and sustain buriel provisions for the future. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

City Of London Cemetery Pilots New Scheme To Reclaim Old Graves For Re-Use

Defunct Is Still Undefeated

A little girl eating her breakfast cereal with a glass of milk, 1950. (Photo by Harold M. Lambert/Getty Images)

Breakfast

Food

Raisin Bran Crunch Is The GOAT Cereal

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Soraya Roberts

A childhood photo of the author during ballet class next to a current photo of her wearing her ballet clothes

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Ballet Brought Me Back To My Body

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Tom Ley

Fans celebrate on the floor after the Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Iowa Hawkeyes in overtime on January 21, 2024, at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: JAN 21 Women’s – Iowa at Ohio State

Here Is The New Rule About Storming The Court

Dave McKenna

1970s HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL…

High School Sports

Be True To Your Shitty School

George Harrison and Eric Clapton, playing their guitars, in a black-and-white concert photo from the 1970s

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Music

You Too Can Score Cheap On The Open Market For Dead People’s (Hammond) Organs

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Luis Paez-Pumar

The Cyclone Roller Coaster at Coney Island

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Life Lessons

Reflections From An Aging Roller Coaster Fanatic

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David Roth

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My Dumb Little Book

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<p>Charles P. Pierce is a writer at <em>Esquire</em> and the author of four books, most recently <em>Idiot America</em>, and has been a working journalist since 1976. He lives near Boston with his wife but no longer his three children.</p>
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Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat looks on during Round 3 Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics on May 17, 2023 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Jimmy Butler Is A Good College Player In Reverse

The guitar as it appeared on Craigslist and the guitar as it's being repaired, split screen

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Happiness Is Fixing A Guitar

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Heartburn

I Am Now “Is This A Heart Attack?” Years Old

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Getting Old Is Rude But It Beats The Alternative

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Requiem For An Overweight

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Albert Burneko

A pigeon selects from the culinary delights in an overflowing garbage can

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Uncleanliness Is Next To Godliness

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Laura Wagner

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What Can A Hoop Do?

1970s SENIOR COUPLE SITTING ON PORCH ROCKING CHAIRS MAN READING NEWSPAPER WOMAN SHOUTING AT HIM (Photo by D. Corson/ClassicStock/Getty Images)

1970s SENIOR COUPLE…

A Lesson In Marital Free Association

Felix Kent

Shoppers Looking at Records at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard (Photo by nik wheeler/Corbis via Getty Images)

Shoppers Looking at Records at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard

The Lost Art Of Being Stuck With An Album

American alpine skier Madi Springer-Miller races against the clock on the slopes of Bald Mountain, Sun Valley, Idaho, 28th November 1951. Springer-Miller is training with other hopefuls for the United States Olympic ski team ahead of the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

1952 Winter Olympics – Ski Training

There Is A Coach In Me

Lightning

Blow Off The Stink

A view of RFK stadium during a football game

New York Giants v Washington Redskins

A Dead Fan’s Notes

A grizzled prospector sits in front of a hovel in an old black-and-white photo

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This Is So Stupid

In My Day You Couldn’t Fake-Die For Two Years Without Real Commitment

An image of Colts owner Jim Irsay standing in front of the Washington Monument. On each side of him are two rockers with guitars. Irsay is leaning on the tree and singing, yup, Bob Dylan's "Blowin in the Wind." There's text confirming this in the lower left corner, like you used to see in music videos all the time.

Jim Irsay Blowin in the Wind

Killin’ Dylan: The Fascinating Horrors Of Jim Irsay’s “Blowin’ In The Wind”

Tobias Ludvigsson of Sweden, Clement Davy of France, Lars Van Den Berg of Netherlands, Kevin Geniets of Luxembourg, Valentin Madouas of France and Team Groupama - FDJ - Yellow Leader Jersey and a general view of the peloton passing through the feed zone area during the 82nd Skoda Tour Luxembourg 2022, Stage 3 a 188,4km stage from Rosport to Diekirch on / #skodatour / September 15, 2022 in Diekirch, Luxembourg

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Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle! I Want To Ride My Bicycle!